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Lake Tahoe dive survey highlights plastic litter problem

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Scientists have teamed up with the nonprofit Clean Up the Lake to collect and analyse plastic litter found at the bottom of Lake Tahoe. The post Lake Tahoe dive survey highlights plastic litter problem appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Aqua Metals recovers high-purity nickel from lithium battery black mass

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Aqua Metals also recently announced recovery of high purity lithium hydroxide and copper from black mass at its operational pilot facility located in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center. —Ben Taecker, Chief Engineering and Operations Officer at Aqua Metals.

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SQUID-5 provides imagery of complex 3D seafloor features with high accuracy and geolocation

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Using recent advances in technology and newly developed equipment and software, SQUID-5 enables researchers to collect high-resolution images in shallow-water environments. The SQUID-5 system was originally designed to map nearshore coral reefs, an environment characterized by complex seabed surfaces in shallow, clear water.

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Redwood Materials opens up new facility just miles from Tesla Giga Nevada

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Straubel, has opened up a new manufacturing facility in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Park, just miles from Tesla’s Giga Nevada production facility. It’s a great thing for the environment, but it puts massive pressure on the supply chain and resources to build all these cars and batteries,” he added. Credit: Redwood Materials.

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GM scaling back in Russia; Opel out by December, Chevy to minimize presence

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GM will focus on the premium segment of the Russian market with Cadillac and US-built iconic Chevrolet products such as the Corvette, Camaro and Tahoe. We do not have the appropriate localization level for important vehicles built in Russia and the market environment does not justify a major investment to further localize.

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GM resistance spot welding process joins aluminum to aluminum

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GM already uses this patented process on the hood of the Cadillac CTS-V and the liftgate of the hybrid versions of Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon. The process is inexpensive, fast and reliable, but until now, not robust for use on aluminum in today’s manufacturing environment.

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Cadillac to offer advanced V2V and semi-automated driving technologies in certain 2017 MY vehicles

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Barra said that with work on automated driving on the highway well underway, the next big challenge on the road to fully automated driving is to tackle the urban environment, fraught with obstacles from jaywalkers and bike messengers to double-parked delivery trucks.

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